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What I learned from reading Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard.  --- Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book --- (2:30) He was meant not just to fight for his country, but one day to lead it. Although he believed this without question, he still had to convince everyone else. (3:30) He didn't even have a plan. Just the unshakeable conviction that he was destined for greatness. (4:00) Churchill by Paul Johnson. (Founders #225) (4:30) Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden (5:00) The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard. (Founders #175) (8:00) In his open pursuit of fame and popular favor, Churchill seemed far less Victorian than Rooseveltian. (8:30) Winston advertises himself as simply and as unconsciously as he breathes. Churchill was widely criticized for being a self advertiser. (9:30) “I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In f